Hope and Jason: dinner

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

dinner

we had our dinner last night...{at the coppermill...YUM} we had a really good time, it was nice visiting with everyone!! AND we got the goodies from the auction! the outcome was pretty much amazing!!! {thanks everyone!!!} we were given a couple of things that were paid for and the people just gave them to us....a cookbook, and {this ones my fav!} the gentleman who won the pearl necklace paid for it, took it home, and then later brought it back, and told jasons aunt that he would like to give it to jason to give to his wife!!! :)) so i am now the proud owner of a beautiful pearl necklace! :) which i LOVE!!!

the benefit dinner, auction, raffle thing is in idaho this friday {april 9} at 6 pm, we are uber excited for it!! we have been told a few things that have been donated to it, and cant believe the generosity of people!!!

we appreciate all the generosity that has been showed towards us in this hectic time! we dont know how we would get through this without everyones help!! we appreciate it all so much!!

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our cancer story {beginning}

well it all started with a seizure December 22, 2009. After amulance, ER, ambulance, ER, ICU, Neuro care unit, we were informed jason had Stage IV metastasized Melanoma. there was one tumor in his brain and 7 in his lungs. And were sent home on Christmas eve {great way to spend the holiday!} With the course of treatment chosen then jason had a 6-8% chance of living and would be lucky to make ten years {oh! he was 21 at the time} well, that treatment{IL2} was tried...once and was/is no longer an option.so Jason received full brain radiation {and lost ALL of his beautiful hair} In June of 2010 2 days after finishing radiation we were given the option of hospice {they could no longer do anything for us} so we found another hospital {CTCA} in Arizona and shortly after started a clinical trial {ipilimumab} in Idaho. Brain surgery the 2 of DEC, to remove 2 of the 6 tumors. came home the 4 :) got the pathology report the 8, which informed us the first/main tumor was dead but the 2nd was still alive {which leads us to believe all the other 6 tumors are alive} now we are waiting to decide whether jason will undergo a 2nd brain surgery or more radiation..Jason had to quit the trial due to steroids and surgery so now we are waiting to hear when/if he starts it back up..this is definitely "in a nut shell" version of our cancer story...but it gives somewhat of a background without having to read the entire blog! :)